rowan means A surname from Irish. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 78 out of 100.
rowan is pronounced /ɹəʊən/.
Etymology
Anglicised from the Irish saints' name Ruadhán (“little red one”), or as a surname from Ó Ruadháin (“descendant of Ruadhán”).
name
- A surname from Irish.
- A male given name from Irish.
- A unisex given name from English of modern usage, often associated with the rowan tree.
- A locality in the Wagga Wagga council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
- One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Morehead. Rowan County.“He was a native of Elliott county, but he had lived for a few years in Rowan. In March, 1885, he was riding along the public road, about six miles from Morehead, when he was shot from ambush and killed.”
- One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Salisbury. Rowan County.“… his family came to North Carolina in 1783, finally settling in Rowan, while others of the connection settled in Caldwell and Burke.”
noun
- Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.“Among the pines grew rowans hung with scarlet berries, and bilberry bushes whose leaves would be fair game for white moth caterpillars in spring.”
- Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.
- wych-elm, Ulmus glabra.